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Aug. 7, 1951 o. G. FAVULKINBURY 2,553,594

BEAUTY OPERATORS APPLIANCE HOLDER Filed April 25, 194'? IN V EN TOR. 0006' 61 Hawk/M9052;

\ Aryan Em Patented Aug. 7, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5,563,594 isEAt'JrY OPERATGRS APfiEIANCE Hijiin'irit 6a.; Faullxi iibury, eateries. his.

Application April 25, 1947; s eiisiN6.t i;s9

, 4 ease (c1. al s) ceiving and holding for subsequent selection hair pinsycurling devices, pads, or-any other sort of small appliances used; usually in considerable quantity, by a beauty operator during the dressing. of a customers hair.

The primary object of the invention is to pro vide a device capable of performing the above functions, which shall be light, inexpensive, and capable of ready attachment to, or detachment from, a portion of any piece of fabric almost anywhere. A further objector.theinveritionis to provide a device of the character indicated which can be hung, upon the bib or apron of the customer, at any desired point, without disturbing or annoying the customers A further object of the invention is to provide seer-1: a device comprising a bag or pouch which, while it will always hang with its mouth widely opened, nevertireless will effectively retain small articles ,de: posited therein. Further objecjsts of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, my invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings are illustrative only, and that change may be made in the specific construction illustrated and described, so long as the scope of the appended claims is not violated.

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a holder constructed in accordance with my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

Fig. 3 shows my holder hanging conveniently from a portion of the operator's uniform;

Fig. 4 shows the holder attached to a towel or the like and hanging in front of the customer; and

Fig. 5 shows the holder supported from a rear corner of a customers protective apron.

In its illustrated embodiment, my holder, which is indicated generally by the reference numeral [0, comprises a pouch including a fiat rear wall H of flexible material, the perimetral edges of said wall being rolled inwardly and stitched, as indicated 'at l2. At its base, there is attached to said rear wall, as at I3, a flexible sheet formed to provide a front wall I and side walls 8 and 9. In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the sheet forming the front and side walls is integrally joined to the rear wall I I juncture at the at i3; but 15 may, if desireabe seem joining two separate the width of the front wall I at its base is sub staritially equal to the width; or the rearl wan ii attire-juncture l3; butthat the upper dge it of the wall-forming sheeti's very substantially wider than is the rear wall ll upona line jdinin-g the points I1 and 18 to which are securdthe ends of saidupper edge l6. Thereby, the frontwa'll 1 is caused always" to stand away from the rear wall- H, holding o en" the moutlf of the pouch formedby the front, side, and rearwalls;

Immediately above the" points n and 18'; the

rear wallis symmetrically reduced; width; as i9 and 2-6 to a" level 2 I; and said wall ll tar? minates, at its upp'erend, in avery narrow tab 22.

A spring clip is indicated generally bythe refs erencenumerai- 23', and com rises arms 24 aii'di 25 pivoted to each other as; at 26"; a spring 21 being mounted uponthe pivot pin'aiidiresili'eritly urging toward each other the jaws 28 and 29. Suitable fastening means, such as wire bands 30, pass around the pivot pin of the clip and around the tab 22, the width of said tab being less than the overall width of the clip, as is clearly shown. Thus, the pouch above described is fixedly secured to the clip 23, and will be suspended from said clip no matter where the clip is located.

I am aware that various devices have heretofore been provided for holding beauty appliances for the convenience of the operator. Most of such devices heretofore known are relatively shallow pans, usually formed of metal or plastic material, and adapted to be suspended about the necks or upon the shoulders of the customer. I have found that such devices are annoying to the customer, who fears to move, lest her movements cause such appliances to be knocked out of the trays. Also, many customers are nervously affected by anything placed around their necks. The appliances in question are rather easily discharged from the pans by joggling, because of the slipperiness of such pans. Furthermore, if a customers hair is relatively long, the hair will brush against appliances in pans which are supported upon the shoulders, or about the neck of the customer, thereby dislodging the appliances, or obscuring them from the operator's view, or both.

My holder, as will be readily seen from examination of Figs. 3, 4 and 5 may be attached to a towel, bib or apron 3| at any desired position, either in front of the customer, at the customer's back, or at either side. If a customer's hair is long, the pouch may be suspended low enough so that the hair will not obscure it. Because of the depth of the pouch and the flexibility of its walls, appliances are not readily dislodged therefrom; but if, for any reason, the pouch cannot be suspended upon the customer's apron at a point for convenient use, it may readily be clipped to the operator's uniform, at any desired point, as indicated in Fig. 3.

Because of the ease of operation of the clip 23, the holder may be readily moved from point to point as the operator's work causes her to move here and there about the patient. It is not necessary to manipulate complicated catches, safety pins, or the like. Instead, the operator merely grasps the fingeripiece ends of the arms and compressingthem between her fingers, thereby moving thejaws 28 and 29 apart to permit instant removal of the clip; and the jaws can thereafter be pressed against any piece of fabric whereupon, upon release of pressure against the finger pieces, th e jaws will be moved together by the spring 2'! to grip the fabric and to suspend the pouch.

Such location and attachment of the clip is materially facilitated by theconstruction of such clip and its particular location upon and relative to the pouch. Positioned, as it is shown, with its hinge pin 26 parallel with, and axially extending in the directionof length of, the rear wall H, its gripping jaws 28 and 29 project rearwardly beyond saidwall and move laterally thereof as they open and close. Thus, the actuating fingers 24 and 25, located in front of the pouch, may be gripped and squeezed by the operator to separate the gripping jaws 28 and 29, and, when the latter are then pressed against any fabric surface and the fingers 24 and 25 are released, the gripping jaws will gather up, and fasten upon, a fold of such fabric, without special attention on the part of the operator.

I claim as my invention:

1. An appliance holder for beauty operators and the like comprising a pouch including a flexible rear wall, flexible side walls each joined at one edge to said rear wall, and a front wall, joined to said side walls and, at its bottom, to said rear wall, the upper edges of said front and side walls being located well below the upper edge of said rear wall, and a spring clip secured to the upper edge of said rearv wall and providing a pair of separable jaws pivotally associated upon an axis substantially parallel with, and axially extending in the direction of length of, said rear wall, said jaws being spring-urged toward each other and adapted to engage and grip therebetween a portion "of fabric anywhere to support said pouch in a position of convenience. 2. The holder of claim 1 in which said jaws project rearwardly beyond the rear face of said rear wall.

3. The holder of claim 1 in which that: portion of said rear well located above theupper edges of the side and front walls is symmetrically reduced in width from each side toward its center, and means engaging said clip and laterally surrounding and embracing such reduced portion:

of said rear wall to secure said clip to said holder.

4. The holder of claim 3 in which said rearwall terminates at its upper end in a portion narrower than the overall width of said clip whe closed.

ODUS G. FAULKINBURY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file. of this patent: 7

UNITED STATES PATENTS Mathieson July 11, 1939} 

